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Hi there! Like many others, I started making models again following my recent retirement and discovered that the world of modelling had changed significantly since I was a teenager! With the benefit of a number of things that I did not possess in my earlier life such as time, patience and access to both research material and techniques, I am now enjoying myself immensely. I live in Port Elizabeth, South Africa and am a member of Eastern Cape Scale Modellers. My interests at the moment are RAF aircraft of WWII from the European and Mediterranean areas of operation.
In 1933 the Avro 652, a planned high-speed, long-range mail carrying charter aircraft was under development when the British Air Ministry issued a specification for a twin-engine general reconnaissance and multi-role aircraft for both the [...]
The Bristol Beaufort was a torpedo bomber developed from experience gained from the earlier Bristol Blenheim light bomber. It entered service with the RAF in 1940, but by mid-1942 Beaufort units were transferred to the Mediterranean and [...]
The Blenheim was a victim of the rapid pace of aircraft development during the latter half of the 1930s. when it first took to the air as a light bomber in 1935 it was faster than the biplane fighters of the day, but by the beginning of [...]
This particular 19 Squadron Mustang has been a regular modelling subject from a number of manufacturers over the years with ongoing discussion in various fora regarding the colours of the upper cowling stripe and the nose checkerboard. I [...]
This kit was completed as the aircraft flown by Sergeant Pilot FH Dean of No. 274 Squadron RAF at Sidi Barrani, Egypt in 1941 with the assistance of Geoff Coughlin's excellent series of videos on YouTube.
The aircraft depicted, P2638, had [...]
